Sunday, June 16, 2013

Keeping Tabs on Mark Bell "The Candidate". By Geniusofdespair

“I am partly concerned about the future of the city and the direction it is going in,” Bell said when asked why he is running. “I think there needs to be a change and I think I’m the one who can bring that change.”

Bell stated his main concern is the economic development of the City of Homestead.

“I believe in transparency and accountability,” Bell said. “We also need to improve with economic development as far as downtown Homestead and our parks are concerned. I know there were millions of dollars in cost over-runs for Mayor Roscoe Warren Park. That was extra money we did not need to spend.”

14 comments:

Lynda told him what to say, 1st anon. I'm surprised he could pronounce "economic development". What makes me laugh "I believe in transparency and accountability." I say, let's start with this loan to buy the Redland Hotel from a mortgage company which seemed to have sprouted overnight according to the public records from DuBois and the bottom dollar purchase price less than the appraised value of the land itself because of the zoning then the 20k received from the CRA, etc. And, of course, the unheard of low down on a commercial piece of property banks wouldn't give a dime on. Yes, let's start right there. Mark can go first. And, please don't forget Lynda approved the CRA funds to Homestead first.

I sort of feel sorry for Mark. I think he is a pawn in Lynda Bell's power trip. Living with a scheming megalomaniac is probably hard to deal with for anyone. Too bad he got pulled in to her plan and wasn't allowed to remain on the sidelines. I don't think his gaffes should be ridiculed, he is clearly in WAY over his head. I would like it, since we all know this is about Lynda getting control of the city of Homestead, to cut him some slack. I don't mean that you should vote for him, but he is already dealing with one ball buster, treat him with more respect.

Treat him with respect??? His name is on the mortgage for the hotel. He is the one who received what I was told was $25,000 from Lynda's CRA for work to be done on the building facade. Any work done on the facade recently?

Quote hall of fame - worth another look:

Complete this sentence: South Florida really needs a..."Regional plan for controlled growth (before it becomes a concrete jungle similar to Houston), and a completely new set of elected officials that make decisions based on what's good for the future of South Florida instead of what's good for their wallets.